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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·APIC Masthead

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Message from APIC

  • ·APIC’s Enhanced Career Center

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• Major Articles

  • ·A negative nares screen in combination with absence of clinical risk factors can be used to identify patients with very low likelihood of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Veterans Affairs hospital

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    Sadao Jinno, Shelley Chang, Curtis J. Donskey

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  • ·A multilevel model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition within the hierarchy of an Australian tertiary hospital

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    Fiona Kong, David L. Paterson, Michael Coory, Archie C.A. Clements

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  • ·The results of a 6-year epidemiologic surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary care intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia

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    Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Aiman El-Saed, Asgar H. Rishu, Hanan H. Balkhy, Ziad A. Memish, Yaseen M. Arabi

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  • ·Alcohol handrubbing and chlorhexidine handwashing protocols for routine hospital practice: A randomized clinical trial of protocol efficacy and time effectiveness

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    Angela Chow, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Siew-Pang Chan, Bee-Fong Poh, Prabha Krishnan, Woei-Kian Ng, Saugata Choudhury, Joey Chan, Brenda Ang

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  • ·Analysis of alcohol-based hand sanitizer delivery systems: Efficacy of foam, gel, and wipes against influenza A (H1N1) virus on hands

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    Elaine L. Larson, Bevin Cohen, Kathleen A. Baxter

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  • ·Estimating the volume of alcohol-based hand rub required for a hand hygiene program

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    Silvana Sicoli, Linda Hunter, Josée Shymanski, Kathryn Suh, Virginia R. Roth

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  • ·Epidemiology and outcomes associated with surgical site infection following bariatric surgery

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    Teena Chopra, Dror Marchaim, Ylinne Lynch, Chris Kosmidis, Jing J. Zhao, Sorabh Dhar, Naasha Gheyara, Deborah Turner, Don Gulish, Michael Wood, George Alangaden, Keith S. Kaye

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  • ·Reduction of surgical site infections in low transverse cesarean section at a university hospital

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    May Mei-Sheng Riley, Deborah Suda, Khalil Tabsh, Annemarie Flood, David A. Pegues

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  • ·Comparison of the efficiency of nail pick and brush used for nail cleaning during surgical scrub on reducing bacterial counts

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    Aliye Okgün Alcan, Fatma Demir Korkmaz

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  • ·“Swimming in resistance”: Co-colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii or Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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    Dror Marchaim, Federico Perez, Jiha Lee, Suchitha Bheemreddy, Andrea M. Hujer, Susan Rudin, Kayoko Hayakawa, Paul R. Lephart, Christopher Blunden, Maryann Shango, Michelle L. Campbell, Jastin Varkey, Palaniappan Manickam, Diixa Patel, Jason M. Pogue, Teena Chopra, Emily T. Martin, Sorabh Dhar, Robert A. Bonomo, Keith S. Kaye

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  • ·Disparity in infection control practices for multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

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    Christopher Lowe, Kevin Katz, Allison McGeer, Matthew P. Muller, Toronto ESBL Working Group

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  • ·Antibiotic use in Vietnamese hospitals: A multicenter point-prevalence study

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    Truong Anh Thu, Mahbubur Rahman, Susan Coffin, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid, Junichi Sakamoto, Nguyen Viet Hung

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  • ·Environmental contamination with extended-spectrum β-lactamases: Is there any difference between Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp?

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    Helene Guet-Revillet, Alban Le Monnier, Nelly Breton, Philippe Descamps, Herve Lecuyer, Imane Alaabouche, Constance Bureau, Xavier Nassif, Jean-Ralph Zahar

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  • ·Risk factors for community- and health facility–acquired extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing bacterial infections in patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

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    Loretta Siedelman, Susan Kline, Sue Duval

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  • ·Characterization of bacterial biofilms formed on urinary catheters

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    Ryad Djeribi, Warda Bouchloukh, Thierry Jouenne, Bouzid Menaa

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  • ·Development and validation of rapid use scope test strips to determine the efficacy of manual cleaning for flexible endoscope channels

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    Michelle J. Alfa, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagné, Patricia J. Simner

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  • ·An evaluation of immediate-use steam sterilization practices in adult knee and hip arthroplasty procedures

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    Scott L. Zuckerman, Ravi Parikh, David C. Moore, Thomas R. Talbot

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• Practice Forum

  • ·Free vaccine programs to cocoon high-risk infants and children against influenza and pertussis

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    Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill, Carrie A. Phillipi, Susan A. Dolan, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Amy Win, Jane Siegel

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: A sustainable comprehensive quality improvement program

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    Kara Heck

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  • ·Aldehyde-resistant mycobacteria bacteria associated with the use of endoscope reprocessing systems

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    Christopher W. Fisher, Anthony Fiorello, Diana Shaffer, Mary Jackson, Gerald E. McDonnell

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  • ·Too close for comfort: Screening strategy to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus conversion in exposed roommates

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    Wil Ng, Kalpana George, Nurun Muhammed, Joanne Tomassi, Kevin C. Katz

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  • ·Risk factors associated with linezolid-nonsusceptible enterococcal infections

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    Jessina C. McGregor, Daniel M. Hartung, George P. Allen, Randy A. Taplitz, Robin Traver, Tony Tong, David T. Bearden

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  • ·Infection preventionists’ job descriptions: Do they reflect expanded roles and responsibilities?

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    Mary Lou Manning, Dorothy L. Borton, Dawn Marie Rumovitz

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  • ·Utility of a focused vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening protocol to identify colonization in hospitalized children

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    Gina Weddle, Mary Anne Jackson, Rangaraj Selvarangan

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  • ·High fecal hand contamination among wilderness hikers

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    Dylan S. Kellogg, Paula F. Rosenbaum, Deanna L. Kiska, Scott W. Riddell, Thomas R. Welch, Jana Shaw

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  • ·Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

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    Maria Esteve, Angela Domínguez, Luis Urbiztondo, Eva Borrás, Josep Costa, Sonia Broner, Magda Campins, Jose Maria Bayas, Working Group for the Study of the Immune Status in Healthcare Workers in Catalonia

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Hand hygiene compliance by visitors to hospitals—can we do better?

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    Rebecca Wolfe, Eoghan O’Neill

    
  • ·“Hand hygiene compliance by visitors to hospitals—we can do better.” Response to letter titled “Hand hygiene compliance by visitors to hospitals—can we do better?”

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    David J. Birnbach

    
  • ·Screening for MRSA: Reply to Kutlu et al and Gomes et al

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    Emily Aherne, Hilary Humphreys

    
  • ·Institutional MRSA screening practice and policies

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    Suresh G. Joshi, Richard J. Hamilton, Christopher L. Emery, Ari D. Brooks

    

• Online-Only Articles

  • ·Associations between bacterial contamination of health care workers’ hands and contamination of white coats and scrubs

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    L. Silvia Munoz-Price, Kristopher L. Arheart, John P. Mills, Timothy Cleary, Dennise DePascale, Adriana Jimenez, Yovanit Fajardo-Aquino, Gabriel Coro, David J. Birnbach, David A. Lubarsky

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  • ·Analysis of the distribution of bacteria within urinary catheter biofilms using four different molecular techniques

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    Hyun-Sop Choe, Su-Wan Son, Hyun-Ah Choi, Hyun-Jung Kim, Sun-Gook Ahn, Jun-Ho Bang, Seung-Ju Lee, Ji-Youl Lee, Yong-Hyun Cho, Sang-Seob Lee

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  • ·In vitro evaluation of cleaning efficacy of detergents recommended for use on dental instruments

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    Gordon W.G. Smith, June McNeil, Gordon Ramage, Andrew J. Smith

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